Plan Overview
Plan Information
| Category | Database entry |
| Plan Region | New York City |
| Publication Date | 2021 |
| Entry reviewed by original author | No |
| PDF attachment | View Full Report |
| Plan Title | Food Forward: A 10-Year Food Policy Plan |
| Webpage | Adopted |
| Author(s) | https://www1.nyc.gov/site/foodpolicy/reports-and-data/food-forward.page |
| Author Type | New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy |
| Region Type | Government |
| Funding Sources | City |
| Funders | Municipal Government; Foundations; Individual Donors; Non-profit organizations/Entities |
| Total Project Budget | Diverse set of funders and organizations that contributed staff time, funds, or knowledge ranging from individual donors, foundations, non-profit organizations, and municipal government. For a complete list, see page 85. |
| Plan Goals | Unspecified |
| Intended Audience | The Food Forward plan outlines 5 central goals: 1. All New Yorkers have multiple ways to access healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food; 2. New York City’s food economy drives economic opportunity and provides good jobs; 3. The supply chains that feed New York City are modern, efficient and resilient; 4. New York City’s food is produced, distributed, and disposed of sustainably; 5. Support the systems and knowledge to implement the 10-year food policy plan. |
| Plan Recommendation Structure | Broader NYC community, and more specifically, agencies that set policy, provide oversight and manage systems (such as Mayor’s office, law departments, and emergency management), agencies that serve food (such as Department of Corrections, hospitals, schools, etc.), and agencies that support the city’s food supply (such as city planning, environmental protection, NYC Housing Authority, etc.). |
| Catalyst for Plan | The plan outlines five goals, each with strategies (14 total) and sub-strategies to reach these goals. Under each sub-strategy, the plan outlines if the strategies are near-term, medium-term, and long-term. |
| Creation Process | Political climate within the mayoral office. |
| Theoretical Framework(s) Employed | The creation of this document occurred over the span of 10 months. Processes included:1. Workshops, briefing and interviews with 300+ individuals.2. Development of two community engagement reports for the Food Policy Plan to be built upon: “Take Care New York” which included dozens of community workshops on health equity, and the COVID-19 Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity, (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/trie/about/about.pag) which surveyed hundreds of community organizations.3. This policy plan also builds on the goals articulated in NYC’s strategic long-term plan, OneNYC (https://onenyc.cityofnewyork.us/#main-content). |
| Theoretical Framework(s): Additional Literature | N/A |
| Development Timeline | Unspecified |
| Implementation Strategy | 10 months |
| Implementation Timeline | This plan offers suggestions for implementation strategies such as legislative changes, investments in specific projects, programs, and infrastructure. Additionally, they offer near term actions (2021-2022), medium term actions (2023-2024), and long term actions (2025+) and outline whether they should be implemented via legislation, or via the Good Food Purchasing Program, a national nonprofit that builds a framework to help “institutions better understand the source of the food they purchase and provides a methodology to quantify the impact of the food along five core values” (pg. 31). |
| Evaluation Strategy | 10 years |
| International Development Framework(s) | None |
| Current Plan Status | Unknown |
| Government Adoption Status | Unknown |
| Government Adoption Status (Notes) | N/A |
| Supplemental Documents | View Supplemental Documents |